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CityPlace Toronto exposing the Concord Apex built fiasco Traffic at CityPlace Getting home can be a pain if you live at CityPlace. |
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Toronto isn't exactly famous for well planned
traffic routes. We cannot blame Concord for the road system. However
we can cast a question towards both Concord and the City Of Toronto
as to why they are building 10 towers in this freeway funnel.
CityPlace is located right on the bottleneck of commuters heading to
the Gardiner. There is no avoiding it. If you drive to CityPlace
from 3pm to 7pm you are getting stuck in traffic for at least 30
minutes. Home shoppers might want to experiment. Try to driving to the buildings from the city center anytime around rush hour. For example, lets start just 5 minutes away at the corner of Queen and Spadina. You could take Spadina to Bremner then turn left on Bremner and you are at Cityplace. One snag though, traffic is always backed up solid from King St on. Give it a try. You will sit in your car as you wait for all that gridlock to take up light after light. You'll be able to see CityPlace as its about 5 blocks away but you will not get there under 30 minutes. Lets forget Spadina for now. Everyone takes Spadina. Lets go down Peter St or John St. We can take those to the stadium then take Blue Jays Way to CityPlace. Snag again. These streets are all filled for blocks with commuters trying to reach the Gardiner. That's the problem. Traffic in this area only has 3 outlets to the freeway therefore any road going towards CityPlace will be blocked as you wait in line with all those people driving to the burbs. But you live downtown! You can see it, almost taste it but you cannot get a car anywhere near it. What about York? You could take York down the Bremner then head west to CityPlace. Nope, York is packed to. There's no way to get around it. CityPlace sits right before the freeway. Driving home to CityPlace you must take the routes everyone takes to get on the freeway. CityPlace sits exactly at the small end of the funnel. You get stuck in commuter traffic. Its not the end of the world. Just something to consider. If you are going to look at CityPlace try going between 4 and 7. You can see for yourself. Of course if you work downtown you do not have to drive right? Well, try that out too. CityPlace is not exactly in the center of things nor is it that close to the TTC. We are not talking a pleasant winter walk as CityPlace is right where the water wind tunnel forms. Concord is only half done the towers of CityPlace. Oh-oh its going to get worse isn't it? I don't think the city needed more of a bottleneck in this location. Something to consider. You might just want to sell what you are buying someday. Could get tougher to do as the headaches pile up. It all supports the theory that this land was practically given to Concord as no one else wanted to take it on. Why? Its simply not a good location for residences. Perhaps that's why Concord is slapping them up haphazardly. They want to get this done fast before people wise up and realize CityPlace has a future as low income housing. Living by the train tracks and freeway have always been reserved for ghettos after all. We received an email from a couple that moved to CityPlace from overseas. They wish they would have known the buildings sit on a freeway collector and feel stuck. Be informed, a bad home decision can suck the life out of you especially when moving from afar. That's all this website is about - information you won't see of the sales brochure. Take it for what its worth and do your own checking. A simple stroll thru the neighborhood can be a big eye opener. Watch where you step, lots of dogs at CityPlace.
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